Managed Cold Email Outreach

Cold Email That Actually Lands.
And Actually Gets Replies.

Most cold email fails before the prospect even opens it. The problem is not your offer — it is your infrastructure. DeliMail fixes the foundation: multi-inbox setup, domain warm-up, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, AI personalisation, and deliverability monitoring — all managed for you.

4,000+

Prospects reached per month on Starter

95%+

Inbox placement rate across all campaigns

3–4 wk

Domain warm-up before first send

The Problem

Why Most Cold Email Fails Before It Even Starts

The number one reason cold email does not work is not bad copy. It is infrastructure. Emails that land in spam never get read — no matter how good they are.

Cold email outreach infrastructure — DeliMail by Deligatr

Reality check

The average cold email campaign using a personal Gmail account has an inbox placement rate of under 40%. DeliMail clients consistently achieve 95%+.

Sending from your main domain

Why it kills your campaign: One spam complaint can blacklist your primary business email — the same one your clients and prospects use to reach you. Never send cold outreach from your main domain.

DeliMail fix: DeliMail uses dedicated sending domains — separate from your main email — that absorb all campaign risk.

No domain warm-up

Why it kills your campaign: A brand new email domain sending hundreds of emails per day looks exactly like spam to Google and Microsoft. Their filters will route you to junk before your first prospect even sees the subject line.

DeliMail fix: DeliMail warms every domain for 3–4 weeks before a single campaign email is sent — building sender reputation gradually.

Missing SPF, DKIM & DMARC

Why it kills your campaign: These three DNS records tell email providers that you are authorised to send from your domain. Without them, your emails fail authentication checks and land in spam — or get rejected entirely.

DeliMail fix: DeliMail configures SPF, DKIM, and DMARC on every sending domain as part of setup. No technical knowledge required.

Sending too much from one inbox

Why it kills your campaign: Gmail allows roughly 100–150 cold emails per inbox per day before triggering spam filters. Most businesses try to send thousands from a single address and wonder why nothing lands.

DeliMail fix: DeliMail spreads send volume across multiple inboxes on multiple domains — staying well within safe limits on every account.

Cold Email for Agencies — Why It Is Different

Agencies sending cold email face a unique challenge: they often manage outreach for multiple clients simultaneously, each targeting different industries with different messaging. A single self-serve tool like Smartlead or Instantly can handle this technically — but the operational overhead of managing multiple client campaigns, multiple domain sets, and multiple warm-up schedules is enormous. DeliMail as a managed cold email service for agencies handles all of this operationally, giving you the results without the hours.

Cold Email for Accountants & Consultants

Professional services firms are not natural cold emailers. You built your practice on referrals and relationships — and that is fine. But referrals dry up, and the feast-and-famine cycle is real. Cold email outreach, done correctly with the right infrastructure and targeting, gives accountants and consultants a predictable pipeline channel that works in parallel with referrals — without you becoming a full-time marketer to maintain it.

Features

The Infrastructure Behind Every Campaign

DeliMail is not just a sending tool. It is a complete managed cold email infrastructure — built so your campaigns land in inboxes, get opened, and generate replies.

DeliMail multi-inbox cold email infrastructure
Core Infrastructure

Multi-Inbox, Multi-Domain Architecture

DeliMail sets up multiple sending domains and multiple inboxes per domain — spreading your send volume so no single address or domain ever carries too much load. This is the single most important factor in cold email deliverability, and it is completely handled for you.

Multiple sending domainsInbox rotationVolume throttlingReputation monitoring

Domain Warm-Up

Every new sending domain goes through a 3–4 week automated warm-up process — gradually increasing send volume and simulating real engagement to build a positive sender reputation before campaigns begin.

Skipping warm-up is the single biggest cause of cold email landing in spam. DeliMail never skips it.

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AI Personalisation

Emails That Feel Written for That Prospect

DeliMail's AI writes custom opening lines for each contact — referencing their company, role, and recent activity. Not mail merge. Genuine personalisation at scale.

Smart Follow-Up Sequences

Most replies come on the second or third email — not the first. DeliMail automates personalised follow-up sequences that adjust based on whether the prospect opened, clicked, or replied. Persistence without being annoying.

Deliverability Dashboard & A/B Testing

Track open rates, reply rates, bounce rates, and inbox placement scores across every campaign. Run A/B tests on subject lines, opening lines, and CTAs to continuously improve performance — all visible in one dashboard.

Inbox Placement Rate Comparison

Where your emails actually land across different sending setups

DeliMail (warmed, multi-domain)95%+
Self-serve tools (warmed correctly)~78%
Gmail / Outlook (no warm-up)~38%
Cheap bulk email services~15%

Average Reply Rate by Personalisation Level

How personalisation impacts cold email reply rates

AI personalised (DeliMail)4–8% reply rate
Basic mail merge (first name)1.5–3%
Generic blast (no personalisation)0.3–0.8%
Comparison

DeliMail vs Smartlead vs Instantly

Smartlead and Instantly are excellent self-serve tools — if you have the time, knowledge, and operational capacity to run them. DeliMail is the managed alternative for firms that want the results without the overhead.

Feature
DeliMail
Smartlead
Instantly
Setup & configuration
Done for you
DIY
DIY
Domain warm-up
Managed by team
Self-managed
Self-managed
Copy & sequences
Written for you
You write it
You write it
AI personalisation
Included, managed
Available, self-run
Available, self-run
Deliverability monitoring
Ongoing by team
You monitor
You monitor
CRM sync (GHL / HubSpot)
Native, automatic
Integration required
Integration required
Time investment (you)
~0 hrs/month
10–20 hrs/month
10–20 hrs/month
Who it is built for
Professional services firms
Technical marketers
Technical marketers

The key difference

Same Infrastructure. Zero Operational Overhead.

Smartlead and Instantly use the same underlying email infrastructure principles as DeliMail. The difference is not the technology — it is who operates it. DeliMail is a done-for-you cold email service. You get the same deliverability results and campaign performance, without the 10–20 hours per month you would spend running it yourself.

Who It Is For

Who Is DeliMail Built For?

DeliMail is built for high-ticket B2B professionals who need a predictable pipeline channel — without becoming cold email experts to get one.

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Your Outreach. Fully Managed.

You focus on closing meetings. We handle everything else — infrastructure, copy, warm-up, sequences, and deliverability.

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Marketing & Growth Agencies

Run managed cold email campaigns for multiple clients simultaneously — each with their own domain infrastructure, sequences, and targeting. DeliMail scales across your client portfolio without multiplying your operational workload. The managed service model means your team stays focused on strategy, not inbox management.

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Accountants & Bookkeeping Firms

Your practice grew on referrals. DeliMail adds a second engine running in the background — targeting SME decision-makers in your ideal client profile, warming them up over a sequence of personalised emails, and booking calls directly into your diary. You see the meeting. We handled everything before it.

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Management Consultants & Strategy Firms

Consulting is a relationship business — but relationships need a starting point. DeliMail creates those starting points at scale, reaching CFOs, CEOs, and department heads with messages that feel like they were written by a peer, not blasted by a marketing tool.

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Insurance & Mortgage Brokers

Your market is competitive and your clients are time-poor. DeliMail puts your proposition in front of the right prospects at the right time — automatically — so your pipeline never dries up between referral periods.

Scale & Volume

From 4,000 to 25,000 Prospects Per Month

DeliMail campaigns scale with your ambition — from a focused Starter campaign targeting a tight ICP to aggressive Scale campaigns reaching tens of thousands of decision-makers per month.

Starter
4,000 /mo
Prospects reached4,000/mo
Sending domains3
Inboxes9
Active sequencesUp to 3 active

Accountants & consultants building their first outbound pipeline

Most Popular
Growth
10,000 /mo
Prospects reached10,000/mo
Sending domains6
Inboxes18
Active sequencesUp to 6 active

Agencies and growing firms with multiple target segments

Scale
25,000 /mo
Prospects reached25,000/mo
Sending domains12+
Inboxes36+
Active sequencesUnlimited

Firms running aggressive multi-market outbound campaigns

How a DeliMail Campaign Goes Live

01
Week 1

ICP & Targeting

We work with you to define your ideal client profile — industry, company size, geography, job title, and buying signals. This is the foundation everything else is built on.

02
Weeks 1–4

Domain Setup & Warm-Up

New sending domains are purchased, configured with SPF/DKIM/DMARC, and put through a 3–4 week automated warm-up process. This runs in parallel with copy development.

03
Week 2

Copy & Sequence Development

Our team writes your outreach sequence — opening email plus 2–3 follow-ups — with AI-personalised opening lines for each prospect. All copy is reviewed and approved by you before launch.

04
Week 4

Campaign Launch

Once domains are warmed and copy is approved, campaigns go live. Send volume ramps gradually over the first week to maintain deliverability as volume increases.

05
Ongoing

Optimisation & Reporting

Weekly performance reporting on open rates, reply rates, and meetings booked. A/B tests run continuously. Sequences are refined based on what is working. Deliverability is monitored daily.

Pricing

Scale Your Outreach From Day One

DeliMail is included in Deligatr managed service plans — no separate subscription required. See full pricing details and plan comparisons on our pricing page.

All plans include domain setup, warm-up, campaign management, copy development, deliverability monitoring, and weekly reporting. No setup fees. No long-term contracts on monthly billing.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about DeliMail and cold email deliverability.

Will my emails land in spam?
This is the number one concern with cold email — and the right one to have. DeliMail is built around deliverability. Every sending domain is warmed up for 3–4 weeks before a single campaign email is sent. SPF, DKIM and DMARC records are configured correctly on every domain. Inboxes are spread across multiple domains so no single domain carries the full send volume. The result is consistently high inbox placement rates.
How many emails can I send per day?
On the Starter plan, DeliMail sends to up to 4,000 targeted prospects per month. On Growth, this scales to 10,000 prospects per month. On Scale, up to 25,000 per month. Daily volumes are managed automatically — DeliMail throttles send rates across inboxes to stay within safe limits that protect deliverability.
What's the difference between DeliMail and just using Gmail?
Gmail has a hard send limit of 500 emails per day for standard accounts. More importantly, Gmail has no warm-up process, no multi-domain infrastructure, no deliverability monitoring, and no automated follow-up sequences. Sending cold outreach through Gmail at any volume will get your account flagged or suspended quickly. DeliMail uses dedicated sending infrastructure built specifically for outreach — keeping your primary business email clean and your campaigns consistently in the inbox.
Is DeliMail a Smartlead or Instantly alternative?
Yes — and the key difference is management. Smartlead and Instantly are self-serve tools: you buy the subscription, set up the domains, write the copy, manage the sequences, and monitor deliverability yourself. DeliMail is a managed service: the Deligatr team handles all of that for you. Same powerful infrastructure, none of the operational overhead.
How long does it take before campaigns go live?
For new sending domains, the warm-up period is 3–4 weeks. This is non-negotiable — skipping warm-up is the single biggest cause of cold email campaigns landing in spam. For clients on the managed service, Deligatr starts the domain warm-up during onboarding so by the time your ICP and copy are finalised, your infrastructure is ready to send.
Does DeliMail work with GoHighLevel?
Yes. DeliMail syncs directly with GoHighLevel. Prospect responses, reply data, and contact records all flow into your GHL pipeline automatically. It also connects with HubSpot, Salesforce, and DeliHub — the Deligatr native CRM.
Can DeliMail personalise emails automatically?
Yes. DeliMail's AI personalisation engine generates custom opening lines, company-specific references, and role-appropriate messaging for each prospect at scale. This is not mail merge. The AI researches each company and writes genuinely personalised openers — significantly improving reply rates compared to templated outreach.
Free 30-Min Discovery Call

Your Pipeline Should Not Depend on Who You Know.

Book a free 30-minute call. We will audit your current outreach setup, show you exactly what DeliMail would look like for your firm, and tell you honestly whether it is the right fit — no pressure, no sales script.

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